Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 66th United States Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position. Rice was the National Security Advisor during the presidency of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. She was the first woman and second African-American to serve in the position. Rice is currently a professor of political science at Stanford University and a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates, an international strategic consulting firm.
Early Life of Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice was born on November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama to Angelena Rice, a music teacher, and John Wesley Rice Jr., a high school guidance counselor and Presbyterian minister. She was raised in a racially segregated neighborhood of Birmingham and attended St. Mary’s Academy, an all-girls Catholic school. She graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and received her Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Denver’s Graduate School of International Studies in 1981.
Rice was a professor at Stanford University from 1981 to 1991 and 1993 to 1999. She was a special assistant to the National Security Advisor and senior director for Soviet and East European Affairs at the National Security Council from 1989 to 1991.
Accomplishments of Condoleezza Rice
Rice was appointed National Security Advisor in 2001 by President George W. Bush and became the first woman and African-American to serve in the position. She was a key figure in the War on Terror and was instrumental in the formation of the Proliferation Security Initiative, a multinational effort to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Rice was appointed Secretary of State in 2005 and was the first African-American woman to serve in the position. She was an advocate for democracy in the Middle East and was instrumental in negotiating the 2006 Israel-Lebanon cease-fire. She also served as a key negotiator in the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict.
Rice is a renowned political scientist and diplomat who has served in many high-level positions in the United States government. She has been an advocate for democracy in the Middle East and was instrumental in negotiating several key international agreements. She is currently a professor of political science at Stanford University and a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates, an international strategic consulting firm.
